Six and a half years ago, while out on an autumnal exploration in October of 2005, I took this picture of the old Anglican Church in St. Philip’s Newfoundland. Built in 1894, this church building housed the heart of a community for many, many years. A new church building has since been built nearby and…
Category: Newfoundland & Labrador
In the name of France, I claim this shed…..
(I wonder how many of you I’d lose if I wrote this post entirely in French?) It doesn’t take much to pique my interest and a brightly-coloured house with two bright-hued dories out front along with a beautifully-textured shed sporting brilliantly-yellowed doors is bound to it, with or without a French flag and a snow…
Red House Soups
I should have written this post some time ago, but I simply never thought to. Then the doorbell rang, the soup arrived and a something clicked in my mind (and if you know my mind at all, you’ll understand that things clicking on a Wednesday are painfully rare). Allow me to introduce you to Red…
A Hardship Post
Tucked along the side of Cuckold’s Cove, standing guard over the neck of Quidi Vidi Harbour (also known locally as the Quidi Vidi Gut) is the Quidi Vidi Battery. Quidi Vidi is pronounced Kiddy-Viddy or Kitty-Vitty and there are numerous stories as to the origin of the name. Once colourful tale tells of a woman…
Impermanence
I had several posts figured out, one of which I planned to write tonight. Unfortunately, on the way home from a marvelous afternoon of skiing, I stopped and snapped this photo of the sun setting across a field of snow and all other thoughts went out of my head. I don’t think it needs many…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 